[Midnightbsd-cvs] src [8781] trunk/bin/setfacl/setfacl.1: setfacl(1) man page need clarity on -a and -x vs -m

laffer1 at midnightbsd.org laffer1 at midnightbsd.org
Sun Sep 25 23:07:59 EDT 2016


Revision: 8781
          http://svnweb.midnightbsd.org/src/?rev=8781
Author:   laffer1
Date:     2016-09-25 23:07:59 -0400 (Sun, 25 Sep 2016)
Log Message:
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setfacl(1) man page need clarity on -a and -x vs -m

Modified Paths:
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    trunk/bin/setfacl/setfacl.1

Modified: trunk/bin/setfacl/setfacl.1
===================================================================
--- trunk/bin/setfacl/setfacl.1	2016-09-26 03:05:40 UTC (rev 8780)
+++ trunk/bin/setfacl/setfacl.1	2016-09-26 03:07:59 UTC (rev 8781)
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD: src/bin/setfacl/setfacl.1,v 1.13 2005/02/09 17:37:39 ru Exp $
 .\"
-.Dd September 2, 2012
+.Dd February 8, 2013
 .Dt SETFACL 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -91,10 +91,16 @@
 the specified files cannot have a default entry (i.e.\&
 non-directories).  This option is not applicable to NFSv4 ACLs.
 .It Fl m Ar entries
-Modify the ACL entries on the specified files by adding new
-entries and modifying existing ACL entries with the ACL entries
-specified in
-.Ar entries .
+Modify the ACL on the specified file.
+New entries will be added, and existing entries will be modified
+according to the
+.Ar entries
+argument.
+For NFSv4 ACLs, it is recommended to use the
+.Fl a
+and
+.Fl x
+options instead.
 .It Fl M Ar file
 Modify the ACL entries on the specified files by adding new
 ACL entries and modifying existing ACL entries with the ACL
@@ -319,9 +325,9 @@
 execute
 .It p
 append_data
+.It D
+delete_child
 .It d
-delete_child
-.It D
 delete
 .It a
 read_attributes



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